Full text book reviews for children's and young adult literature (fiction and non-fiction). Also includes reading level indicators (Lexiles) for readability.
Covers: Childrens Literature, Children's Literature
Full text reviews of fiction and non-fiction books (children's, young adult, adult) published between 1983 to present day. Limited to one user at a time.
Geared toward K-12 educators, this full text database includes magazines, books, book reviews, and health and science-related pamphlets, as well as primary source documents and videos from the Associated Press.
Full text biography database focused on writers and illustrators of children's and young adult literature. Includes volumes published from vol. 1, 1971 to present.
Covers: Childrens Literature, Children's Literature
Full text biography database focused on authors from the nineteenth century to the present. Includes current biographical and bibliographical data on more than 120,000 authors.
Covers: Childrens Literature, Children's Literature
Create book reviews that can be searched by genre, subgenre, age, category, rating, release, and more. Also release 'Best of' booklists. Their Kirkus Star "marks books of exceptional merit".
"Booklist is a book-review magazine that has been published by the American Library Association for more than 100 years, and is widely viewed as offering the most reliable reviews to help libraries decide what to buy and to help library patrons and students decide what to read, view, or listen to." [from source] The reviews are summary mixed with opinion and evaluation.
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Founded by Bertha Mahony Milled in 1924 to recognize excellence in children's literature. A prominent resource for reviews on materials for children and young adults. Horn Book reviews the strengths and weaknesses of publications while ranking them on a scale of 1-4. A review of 1 is a starred review.
Operating for over sixty years, reviews focus on materials for children and teens, ranging from books to databases. The book reviews include a brief plot summary and a final verdict on the book. Pay particular attention to the SLJ Stars, which are the most noteworthy reads of the month.
"Publishers Weekly, familiarly known in the book world as PW... It offers feature articles and news on all aspects of the book business, bestsellers lists in a number of categories, and industry statistics, but its best known service is pre-publication book reviews, publishing some 9,000 per year." [from source]